When deciding upon an implant for your breast augmentation surgery, there are several options available to you. Implants can come in a variety of shapes, textures, and sizes.

Your surgeon will be able to decide upon the best implant for you.

Implants today are typically made of a silicone or rubber-like shell or sac.

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The implant shape can be either round or contoured, and there are positives and negatives to both. You also have a choice of either smooth or textured implants. Although textured implants were originally created to reduce the risk of capsular contracture, there’s little evidence to confirm this.

One of the most difficult decisions that the breast augmentation candidate has to make is choosing the size of the implant, and thus the size of the breasts. Larger implants require you to have enough tissue, otherwise surgical complications may occur and the edges of the implant may be more easily seen or felt following surgery. Furthermore, drooping and sagging may be more likely to occur with large implants.

A saline solution or silicone gel may be used to fill the implant itself.

Saline-filled implants are currently being used for virtually all breast augmentation procedures performed today. Similar to the fluid comprising most of the human body, the saline solution is basically a salt-water solution.